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Tom Holland (Spider-Man) To Play Young Nathan Drake in Uncharted Movie
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Height is a non-issue in movies. Ex: Wolverine is supposed to be like 5'3 in the comics but Hugh Jackman is 6' something.
MegaSackman
Member
Young Nate in Uncharted 3 was way younger than Tom Holland, is not that he won't be going around spectacular set pieces, Carnahan already said he wrote the craziest set piece in his career (or something like that).
AudioEppa
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More_Badass
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Pretty much. Straight up trying to adapt the games doesn't make much sense. At best, you get a modern day Indiana Jones-type film with crazy blockbuster set pieces.
The two things that really anchor Uncharted IMO are the likeable characters and their chemistry, and the set pieces/acrobatic combat. You can't really replicate those moments on film without an insane budget, so you got to focus on the characters.
Also it doesn't matter if there's the worst or best, or most unliked, or whatever sections of the games. That all comes down to the pacing and appeal of an action game versus the pacing and editing that a movie can do (without having to worry about keeping players from the action too long or not giving them enough action and so on)
Corpsepyre
Banned
So, they're targeting a completely different demographic. *puts the avoid-this hat back on*
The Artisan
Member
that would've been perfect
ElBoxyBrown
Banned
Sony: "Sorry kid we're gonna do our own Spider universe without you."
Holland: O____O
Sony: "But the good news is we want you to play a young Nathan Drake!"
Holland: T__________T
Holland: O____O
Sony: "But the good news is we want you to play a young Nathan Drake!"
Holland: T__________T
SolVanderlyn
Thanos acquires the fully powered Infinity Gauntlet in The Avengers: Infinity War, but loses when all the superheroes team up together to stop him.
I can see him working as the younger Drake. Young Drake in the games is a pretty different person from adult Drake.
Simo
Member
Honestly that would be some cool casting right there. I'd be down!
Callibretto
Member
if we stick with young Drake, then we get prime Sully. I'd say go for it, I'd love to see Sully's adventure in his prime.
NinjaCoachZ
Member
Uncharted is a Hollywood pastiche as it is. Taking it in new territory rather than just aping the games is probably one of the better ways to go about things here. I'm actually okay with this.
mocolostrocolos
Member
I like it.
J.K Simmons.
brickarts295
Member
Guess this gives us an idea of what kind actor they might be looking for to play adult Drake.
Then again I got nothing.
Then again I got nothing.
I'm not against it.
It's about ethics in video game movie casting
You're right.
When has that every stopped Sony Pictures in the past?
.., I mean a new Ghostbusters film as a whole, not the fact they cast an all female line up.
dl77
Member
I remember when I first heard about there possibly being an Uncharted film I remember thinking "Man I hope they get the director of the Night at the Museum trilogy to direct this. Plus, you know what, that teenage kid from The Impossible would be perfect to play Nathan Drake!"
Who next, Marky Mark?!
Who next, Marky Mark?!
Simo
Member
Not really. With Holland already in his, what? 20s?, and how long it takes for these movies and projects to get off the ground even for sequels and his popularity likely to soar from Spider-Man...he'd likely stay on to be Nate for any sequels if they happened.
I still think Holland is largely untested in franchise feature films whether it is from a video game or a comic until we see how he is in Spider-Man Homecoming. Sure, we got a glimpse of him.in Civil War but that was just a slice of the character. He seems to be in good graces with Sony at least.
His size and gymnatics might have factored into it. I mean, Nathan Drake is pretty much a Spider-Man.
His size and gymnatics might have factored into it. I mean, Nathan Drake is pretty much a Spider-Man.
ElBoxyBrown
Banned
Was considered but he turned it down.
They look alike but Jamie is about ten years older than Tom and the peak of their fame is about that far apart as well. Pretty hard to confuse them in that light in my opinion.
dragonyeuw
Member
Sure.
dl77
Member
What does that has to do with anything? Tom Cruise is almost a midget, and yet that is never easily visible on screen.
I hope that they will not follow game stories too closely. Movies should be movies.
Inferno313
Banned
Can we phrase this a little differently?
Pretty much dead at this point.
dl77
Member
I know but I'd rather they worked on that rather what'll likely end up as an Indiana Jones style romp - if it ever sees the light of day.
ElBoxyBrown
Banned
I know, that was the joke.
Casting Mark Wahlberg is never a joke.
BewareTheBatsie
Member
I'm kinda more intrigued to see who they cast as Sully then Drake.
Azzurri
Member
I prefer Manlet.
Booker Dewitt
Member
Only two mentions of Fillion so far, and neither of them fully saying he should be the lead. I'm proud of you Gaf.
J Jonah Jameson
WraithWalker1893
Banned
I can't imagine the people at ND are pleased with this tbh. So no Elena Fisher? No Chloe Frazer? This isn't the Uncharted movie we asked for. This has falure written all over it.